The Tramp Page #7

it's clear why you played this trick

I want to know what price

you'll take to let her go

Till today, I thought

I was the worst scoundrel on earth

But you turn out to be

one up on me!

You scum! How dare you use

your filthy colloquy?

You think I'm going to let

Rita marry a tramp like you?

She'd rather stay a spinster for life.

Better by far that she dies!

Why not say that you'd rather

she married some rich big-shot?

Or maybe, some judge?

Out of here

Before I leave, I'd like

to ask you a question

What if it was your son in my place?

And because he's poor...

because he was brought up in the slums

and was forced into crime...

what if it was he who was being denied

his love, his life...?

How would you have felt?

Jagga has called you

There's a big heist

A bank is to be looted

Open the door!

Open up

- Who is it?

Open up!

Who are you?

Don't you know me?

I'm Jagga

The bandit?

- You could say so

What do you want here?

Silence!

The police are after me.

Where's Raj?

Get out of my house! I will do nothing

to help someone like you!

I had you once, and I let you go

Remember the day?

For twelve years, I cared for your son.

I made his life! For this day?

Made my son's life?

You forced him into crime

Get out of my house. I don't want

your cursed shadow upon my son!

Get out! Get out of my house!

Go on! Call the police!

Let me see who saves you!

Scream!

Will you challenge your boss?

You're no boss. You're Satan!

Let's hear what you have to say now

No! No! Mercy!

No! Enough!

What have you done Raj?

For my sins, this is atonement!

The accused may be presented

What's the name of the accused?

Sir, his name is Raj

Father's name?

- Not known, sir. Maybe he has none

Raj, you have been accused

of killing Jagga

Do you have anything to say

in your defense?

Have you not appointed a lawyer

to defend yourself?

The case is adjourned. The government

will appoint a counsel for the defense

I know the law. Raj killed

in self-defense. That's no crime

Please save my Raj, somehow

Your deposition is very important.

The whole case hinges on it

Come to the court tomorrow

- All right

Is she dead?

- She has been hurt on the head

And Raj killed Jagga

to save my life

Please sign here. This deposition

will surely save Raj

If Raj is saved, I will be able

to die in peace

I should be leaving now

My son!

- What happened to you, Ma?

That heartless judge has killed you!

What is his enmity with us?

You mustn't blame him, son.

- Why not?

He has always been trying

to make us miserable

No son! He is your father

My father?

What are you saying, Ma?

What has come over you?

I'm not out of my mind, son.

What I'm saying is the truth

I could not bring myself

to tell you this until now

But if not today, once I'm gone

who else could tell you?

This can't be, Ma!

This can never be!

This is a long story.

But I don't have the time

Keep this. I'm leaving

He will surely recognize you

when you show him this

He has never forgiven me.

But he will surely forgive his son

I won't seek mercy from the one

who tortured my mother all her life...

the one who made her beg from door

to door. Ma, I won't have his mercy!

If I could see him for once before

I died... But why would he come here

Come

- I'm leaving Ma

I'll avenge you, I will

- No!

I'll surely avenge you, I will

- No, son!

The Judge is here to see you

Which Judge?

- The one whose car ran you over

So he has come... before I'm dead

Alas, I cannot see

Nurse, give him my greetings

I am ashamed about the accident.

Please forgive me

Forgive you...?

You didn't die! You were killed!

That heartless judge has killed you!

To make sure that he isn't exposed!

Have you decided the verdict

about the case?

Case?

Raj's case

You are going mad!

What are you doing to yourself?

You are a mature, educated woman

In a few days, you'll start

going to court as a lawyer

You might even make a judge.

If you get emotional over every case...

you will never be able to

dispense justice

This is not a lawsuit.

It's my life!

Do you not understand as much?

- Irrespective, it won't alter the law

Nor should you let your emotions

come in the way of justice

Justice is all I seek.

Raj is completely innocent

He killed Jagga trying to save

his mother

You can read his mother's

dying declaration

In this particular case,

Raj might merit pardon

But his whole life is a long story

of involvement with crime and sin

I cannot comprehend how you can

sympathize with such a person

How can you love him?

You have studied the law

But my heart has not read the laws

Heart...

and the laws

The laws...

and the heart

What a strange concoction

But you are right

The heart heeds no laws

No laws at all

Not even mine

No!

- Get out, Rita

I'm in a murderous rage!

- Have you gone mad?

So you have escaped?

- Yes

To settle the score with you

Then you will be happy to know

that your lawyer...

had just convinced me

about your innocence

I was inclined to let you off

tomorrow

I want no mercy from you

I don't want your justice,

your law, nothing!

All I want...

Lost your nerve?

You need guts to kill someone

You should be thanking the one

who has just saved your life

What if I were to use this very knife

to rip your heart out?

Judge Raghunath was compelled to kill

a criminal to save his own life

What else can the verdict

of the courts be?

Have you gone out of your mind too?

- I was. For a second

For the scum that he is,

the hangman's noose will be better

This is the story of

Raj's life and crimes

Now you know why and how

he took to crime

My Lord, the one who is guilty

is his father...

who drove an innocent woman from

his house, and denied his own son

He is the one who forced them

to go begging from door to door

And in the company of criminals,

he went astray

My Lord and members of the Jury...

if Raj is to be punished for his crime,

then his father should be punished too

My Lord, I would like to say something

Emotion has got the better

of the counsel for defense

In her anxiety to save the accused,

the counsel has presented...

an interesting story,

however incongruous it might be...

to try and prove that

some criminal happens to be my son!

But I ask, what evidence

does the counsel have?

No evidence on earth will convince you

that Raj is your son...

not unless you are willing

to accept him as your son

If there be proof, it lies deep

in your heart and in Raj's eyes

Look at him. The same eyes,

the same high brow

He even speaks like you speak.

He's just as adamant as you are

Are you still not willing

to accept him as your son?

Ms Rita, the law heeds no emotion

Nor my Lord, does the heart

heed any law

I have no more to say

If the accused has anything to say

in his defense, he may proceed

Yes. At last, after being branded

a murderer, I hold your attention

Had I been heard earlier, perhaps

I would never have had to stand here

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